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That's rough. Signal is the only app that can actually be trusted to resist state monitoring because it has a successful history of it.

I guess another option to throw into the pool is https://docs.cwtch.im/ then. It's new though, and not as easy to use.

And just FYI, use case is simply texting with friends and family, while avoiding state monitoring.

Signal. There's nothing better for security, ease of use, and features. It's a drop in replacement for texts and imessage and facetime.

They've got xep-0503 on the roadmap, so it's not there yet, but is for sure something worth keeping an eye on.

Xmpp already survived Google divesting from it, so I'm more inclined to believe it has real staying power compared to all these new apps partially written by ai or with problematic security policies.

I imagine sitting on coach, searching for show. Then you want to watch some, and then you have to wait half an hour for full episode (or even season?) to download.

This is a fair take on how a locally hosted video server would go. It's the same as someone who has a collection of disk media instead as well. Finding new media to watch is not instant, even with the best setups.

I actually consider this to be a feature, instead of a bug. The algorithms that Netflix (and YouTube and everybody else that serves content) have a lot of issues. The ability to find content, the act of discovery, is something I think is actually very valuable, and has been lost since we switched to online streaming.

I run a jellyfin server for my immediate family, and one of the benefits of not running an auto-download tool is that we all have a groupchat specifically for requesting new series/movies. I didn't expect it at first, but it has been a great way to connect with my family over varied media we watch, as well as a way of sharing what's new and interesting to them.

Of course, I switched from Spotify to a physical mp3 player with my own personal library, so maybe my perspective is a bit skewed. For sure there is a place for a lack of barriers (including skipping out on analytical thought) for consuming content. I just don't think it should be the default.

This is so cool. Thank you for sharing how to do that.

At this angle it's hard for me to do that, since I usually use the edges of the face to estimate it

This is a screenshot of a photo, but you can still see the left side offset if you zoom in. The original photo likely has much better quality to see it with.

the movie kind of has the opposite story.

I'm not so sure about that one. It has been misconstrued by people as Scott being a model to look up to, but the movie literally showed him and his 'evil twin' being cool together, marking the original Scott as the actualy evil one. It also had him growing from his mistakes of cheating on his GFs, but it definitely started with him being a cheating asshole.

"In brief, the plaintiffs argue that lootbox mechanics in the Valve games above are gambling because you're spending real money by means of a manipulative, casino-style interface (think, spinny wheels) for a chance of unlocking something that has 'real' value. In this case, not just because the digital item has subjective importance to the owner, but because you can flog it for actual cash either over Steam Community Market, or on third-party marketplaces using a "trade URL"."

I mean, yeah. Lootboxes are gambling. The fact that it's taken this long and is primarily aimed at valve, rather than literally any other game publisher, has me suspicious, especially considering all the recent online ID bullshit, but it really should be more regulated. Bare minimum it should be required to follow some sort of fairness and transparency laws.

Fidelity. https://www.fidelity.com/security/extra-security-login

Shit man. Dnd at a pizza hut would be dope as hell. Leaning into the third space aspect sounds like a great idea.

My instance doesn't do that.

Oh shit that's dope. I had no idea. Looks like they're on the lower end of range (less than 300miles at best) but expect to make up for it in extreme weather handling.

Specifically, this car has an expected cell energy density of up to 175 Wh/kg while lithium batteries are usually around 150-300 wh/kg. That's a lot more comparable than I had thought they were.

Sure, but those are unlikely to be used in cars any time soon, if ever.